Is Your Office Making You Sick?

More than a year back when i was not in the working category of population and my sis used to go to job... I used to let her know how lucky i felt she is... bus ghar se jao job and then back home... But i used to always tell her home is just lodging boarding services for you... Used to tease her loads about her love and affection for her office. But now after working in office post more than a year... i can surely agree to so many points in this article

Points worth highlighting:

- you're doing everything possible to hold on to your job. That includes coming in early, working late, logging in on weekends and neglecting the gym.
- While this may make your boss happy, your body is most likely crying foul.
- From uncomfortable work spaces to poor air quality to depression-inducing stress, there are plenty of opportunities to come home feeling worse than when you left in the morning.
- It is estimated that, for every dollar invested in workplace wellness policies, a company receives a $2 to $4 return on its investment.
- According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, almost 2 million workers suffer from such musculoskeletal disorders, including elbow tendinitis, wrist pain and lower back problems.
- A study in the November 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health demonstrated a significant relationship between work stress and depression. Increased stress and depression have been linked to a number of chronic and non-chronic health issues like heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart attacks.

On an average we spend around 10 hours in office, all hooked to our computers.. minimum 5 days a week so on the 6th day all we want is a day of rest.. When back from home on a normal day we are already too tired, so we end up eating half bits and then just dozing off...

We rarely find time to talk to our family, let alone meeting up our friends... We start hating too much of questioning by parents (grown ups you see), etc etc... Then we argue with close ones... and finally we just want some time by ourselves....

Health is also worse hit.. and then most of us wudnt take offs unless situation is v bad...

As if all this not enough, to add to it there is office politics, fake behaviour, backstabbing, performance reviews.... on and on

But, one may wonder that people have been working since ages then why are we complaining so much now... Whats the difference:

- Increase in expectations from ourselves
- Disinterest in socialising (just heard about a manager who comes to office even on saturday and plays games and stuff on his lappy than spending time at home with his lil daughter)
- We want to earn more, spend more; earn even more and spend even more... In the end though we dont even find time to spend what we earn....
- Success is to a major extent measured as success in career
- And now after this global turmoil, job security reasons.

And to add to this when most of us are questioned what are we all aiming for in life, so many of us are blank.. (maybe this assumption is incorrect)

Within weeks of getting married people are back in office, and working from 8 am to 10/ 11 pm... err...

Anyways, too much of bakwaas for now... Looking forward to two weeks having six working days... as we had last two 3 working day weeks...

i realise tomorrow is my first working day in the year 2009!

HAPPY WORKING!!